FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The Big Fresno Fair is underway, though different this year because of COVID-19, to the detriment of some young exhibitors. The pandemic is affecting this year’s Virtual Jr. Livestock Auction and that’s not good for many of the Central Valley’s young 4-H and FFA exhibitors, who’ve entered their animals into the…… MORE
(Photo courtesy: Tulare County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – For the second time in less than two weeks, a stack of hay adorned with pro-Republican signs in Dinuba is intentionally set on fire. The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office says the latest fire was set around 10 p.m. Saturday at Road 80 and Avenue 384. The haystack…… MORE
FRESNO, CA, Friday, October 9, 2020 – Governor Gavin Newsom announced this afternoon that Fresno County has received $15.3 Million in the fourth round of awards for Homekey, California’s innovative $600 million program to purchase and rehabilitate housing, including hotels, motels, vacant apartment buildings and other properties, and convert them into permanent, long-term housing for people experiencing…… MORE
SELMA, CA (KMJ) – A mother and her boyfriend are arrested for child endangerment and torture of her 6-year-old boy in Selma. Selma Police officers dispatched to on a welfare check of a 6-year-old boy, Thursday afternoon. Officers found the boy with a number of injuries – bruising, and abrasions, and swelling to his…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, CA (KMJ) – California’s Attorney General announces the eradication of more than a million illegal marijuana plants in grow sites throughout the state. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said over the course of a 13-week season the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) Team eradicated more than 1.1 million illegal marijuana plants. There were more than…… MORE
(KMJ) – The 98th year of Fresno’s Christmas Tree Lane will light up this holiday season. But, the 2020 version of this event will NOT include any walkers-only nights. Tree Lane organizers say they met with City officials and decided it would be too difficult to maintain social distancing during walk nights on the Lane…… MORE
FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE: Andrew Hall Chief of Police Wednesday, October 7, 2020 Chief Andrew Hall is announcing the formation of a city-wide violent crime suppression task force. The implementation of $0 bail, state-wide early release from prisons, and revolving doors at our local jail has caused this city’s violent crime to more than double from previous…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s embattled unemployment benefits agency has cleared about 246,000 of its more than 1.6 million backlog in claims. The agency said Wednesday it has started accepting new unemployment benefit applications after a two-week “reset” where it updated its technology. But Employment Development Department Executive Director Sharon Hilliard said the backlog won’t…… MORE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California has not seen a link between the reopening of K-12 schools for in-person learning and increased coronavirus transmission. Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s top public health official, said Tuesday it can take time for trends to emerge, but so far the results are encouraging. California requires counties to report coronavirus…… MORE
FRESNO, CA (KMJ) — Fresno Police identified the man they say is responsible for a deadly shooting in Southeast Fresno as 25-year-old Andrew Levi Hammond. Hammond is accused of killing 41-year-old Fernando Gonzalez. Just before 10:00 pm, back on Monday, September 28, Fresno PD’s ShotSpotter pinged six rounds fired in the 4600 Block of…… MORE
